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Windows 7: Sharing a printer does not inherit settings?

I have shared a printer from Windows 7 with certain settings. Like, say, forced black&white printing. When I connect to this printer and try to print, it doesn't care a single bit about those settings I've set there. I pretty much need to have the settings inherited, otherwise I'm going thru 10+ computers setting every single one separately for 10-20 different setting arrays.

Just to elaborate on this, where is printer being shared from. Is this on a sort of print server? If not, then the only thing you'll be sharing out is the printer itself. Those settings are profile specific & will only apply to the user, not the printer itself.

Sharing a printer does not inherit settings?

My printer sharing keeps saying the printer is offline. Help!I have a laptop and a desktop. I've shared a single wireless printer for years. Suddenly, I keep getting an error message whenever I try to print with the laptop. It says: "sorry the printer is offline". No, it isn't because I can print from the desktop, wirelessly.
I have tried everything I...

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Network & Sharing

cant install printer driver when sharing HP printerHi,
I have just installed W7 32 bit on a desktop PC which has a HP deskjet F2180 attached to it via USB. I downloaded the W7 32 bit full feature driver and installed it. I have also enabled the printer to be shared on the network.
Now I have also just installed W732 bit on a Laptop. Both...